Kanji1 / 3
下 kanji
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
カゲ
Kun readings
したしももとさげるさがるくだるくだりくだす-くだすくださるおろすおりる
Variant forms
丅Words with 下
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —正獣下綱Eutheria (mammalian infraclass)
- —下位脳幹lower brainstem
- —下前頭回inferior frontal gyrus
- —下位方言subdialect
- —下層方言basilect
- —天下布武unify the nation by force; spread military force under the heavens
- —号令一下handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
- —下放運動Rustication Movement; movement in China in 1957 to get people to move to the countryside
- —下限価格price floor
- —地下出版underground publication; underground publishing; samizdat
- —地下銀行clandestine bank; underground bank
- —地下経済underground economy; black economy
- —地下活動underground activity; underground activities; underground movement
- —懸垂下降rappel; abseil
- —降下部隊paratroop corps
- —尿道下裂hypospadias
- —下面発酵bottom fermentation (brewing)
- —食欲低下loss of appetite; reduction in appetite; anorexia
- —下位互換upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.; downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; providing the same function while being less effective (esp. in games)
- —下垂体炎hypophysitis